The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-09-09

men of children under 10 years of age in factories
mines, mills and workshops?
Requires consideration, as it effects
the rights of parents and support of
families.
Will you vote for bill making eight hours
legal days work for all men engaged in rnechani'
| cal or manual labor by the State or city?
No, do not see why one class of lab
orers should be favored above all 9th.
| erS.
Will you vote for bill to collect all taxes neces'
sary for the maintenance of State and city govern
ments from the rental value of all bare lands, and
| to abolish all taxes upon the products of labor?
No. 1 have read Mr.. Georges book
and am far from being convert to his
| theories.
Will you vote for a bill to strike out the word
"white" wherever it occurs in the constitution or
| laws of the State?
Yes-except in the Public School
law. l should oppose mixed schools.
| Will you vote for bill that shall require all
| criminals in penitentiary or Jail to work on State
account the products of their labor to be stamped
| and sold convict-made goods in open market
| and that all the proceeds over and above that
necessary for the maintenance of the criminals to
be given to applied to the Of the families o.
| the said criminals?
Yes, if practicable
| Will you vote for bill making the first Monday
| in September legal holiday, to be known as
| Labor Day?"
Yes.
| Will you vote for bill declaring every Saturday
| afternoon half holiday?
Doubtful. Farmers cannot lose half
Il day every week in busy seasons.
Will you vote for bill to create State Board of
Arbitration tor the adjustment of all differences
and disputes arising between employers and EN-
ployees?
Yes.
Will you vote for a bill calling an early conven-
ton to draft new constitution for the State?
This question comes before the peo-
pie in November. If a majority vote
| for the call of acOnVentiOn-YeS.
| Will you vote for bill establishing uniform
tonnage for digging and selling coal OF twenty hun
| dred pounds per ton?
Yes.
Will you vote for bill PROHIBITING any corpora
| ton or private person having any employee COM
mssoned as a constable, or Invested with con-
| stdpuidry power!
do not understand the force of this
question or the object of such law.
| Will you vote for bill prohibiting any employ
er from exaeting or demanding from any employee
1r workman who he wishes to employ pledge
that he does not belong to will not join any la b.
| or organization?
| Cannot answer without further in
formation.
Will you vote for bill prohibiting the exaction
of fees in any Orphans Court of the State in any
case in W hich the property involved does not ex-
coed $500?
| Yes, and will vote for law exempt
ing homesteads of five hundred dollars
value and less from assessment.
WilIyou vote for bill prohibiting School Boards
in the State holding sessions in secret?
| Yes.
Will you vote for bill prohibiting the use of old
barrels for packing -four. on sanitary grounds?
Requires consideration.
| Will you vote for bill compelling all contracts
for printing and binding State laws journals and
documents to be done in the State of Maryland?
Yes. if practicable.
Will you vote for a bill making it punishable by
| Imprisonment, with no relief by payment of fine
to place the market, offer for sale, sell any
article of food not fiji for by of adulter.
alton decay, impurity or lack Of standard ty?
Yes, if you will strike out the words
'or lack of standard quality" These
words would be ineffective.
The following letter accompanied
the above replies OF DIR. Mackall:
ELK LANDING, Aug, 18th, 1887.
Mr.. PATRICK REEDY:
Dear Sri have given your circular
of questions such consideration as it is
possible to give it in so short time,
and if my answers are not satisfactory
/ can only regret it,
| The questions to which am unable
to give an affirmative answer are too
important in their scope and involve
too much to be answered categorically.
| When opportunity occurs l shall be
ready to discuss them before the people
TO the best of my ability, although l
am not platform speaker.
| My interests are fully identified with
the people of my county and State ana
whatever measure may be brought be.
fore the Legislature of the State, if
am a member of the House of Dele
gates, that will tend to foster or protect
the interests of the working classes
without doing wrong to others, will
earnestly favor.
If were not the friend of the laborer
L should be the'enemy of mankind.
Yours very truly,
1 u